Sunday, December 09, 2007

If you meet the Buddha...

I suppose that since this koan preaches about killing, I'll just go with it. Sounds like fun to kill Buddhas. Of course, this would probably apply to just about every religion that preaches against idol worship. Like the Buddhas, the idols can be internal and external. They could be a golden calf or even that random false prophet that comes along and claims that God has changed Her mind. I don't really understand how one would really want to worship a golden cow or believe that their God is fickle, but I suppose I've been fooled by stranger things.

Anyway the whole point is that everyone forms false expectations. They hear hands clapping
and assume that one hand clapping has to sound somewhat similar. They see a gay person and assume that he would go around trying to seduce all men. Perhaps it is time to kill all these false Buddhas and at least work towards some level of enlightenment.

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